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Chaos to Couture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Deenah Shutzer. When Johnny Rotten, the lead singer of the Sex Pistols, penned the lyrics “I am an anti-Christ/I am an anarchist” in 1977, I doubt he envisioned that this punk ethos would wind up...

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Review: Making room for craft

By Regina Connell. Architects and interior designers are huge consumers and fans of craft: their creations rely extensively on the work of local metalsmiths, woodworkers, glassmakers, resin artists,...

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Craft + Design @ Fifth Floor Gallery

By Regina Connell. Galleries can be tough places to love. So often they can be exclusive, cold, and impenetrable (and this has nothing to do with price). You often get to wondering … is there some...

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Clerkenwell Design Week Wrap

By Peter Harris and Regina Connell Getting to this a bit late in and among all the other shows we’ve been going to of late, but it’s well worth a wrap up because we think we’ve spotted some enduring...

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100% California at Dwell on Design

Based, as we are, in California, it’s hard NOT to have a bit of a bias towards the incredible making and designing going on in our own back yard. That’s why, together with Forest Dickey of Varian...

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The best event listings + arts coverage around

Here are some of our favorite event listings around, to keep you in the loop on craft, decorative arts, and everything cool. Keep checking back in, we’ll keep expanding. The Curated Object  –  one of...

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Noticed: SuperPAC

By Regina M. Connell. There are many things we have in abundance in the good old USA, but a plethora of high quality design shows is not one of them. There are crafty shows. There are glossy mega...

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Chicago Hope: Room406

By Regina Connell. I love Chicago. It’s the city that just gets on with it. The Coasts have the dazzle factor, but Chicago has this tendency of getting things done without necessarily calling a lot of...

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Hot Press, Cool Events April 2014

APRIL EVENTS By Regina Connell. Editor’s Note: Whoa, where did January-March get to? If you’ve been slightly sloth-like (like yours truly) you might actually be feeling the need to get out and about....

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The New Luxury @ the AIA SF

What is the new luxury and what on earth does it mean to the architecture and design communities? Find out on April 2, between 12 and 1:30 at AIA San Francisco when Regina Connell lifts the veil on...

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Hot Press, Cool Events March 2014

MARCH EVENTS By Danielle Sabalvaro. Editor’s Note: March is here! And we couldn’t be more thrilled. With the start of this month, we’re on the cusp of all sorts of bright new things—especially that...

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Hot Press, Cool Events February 2014

By Danielle Sabalvaro. Editor’s Note: We’re deep enough into the winter freeze that there’s plenty of rough weather going around to keep us cooped up inside offices, apartments, houses for days on end...

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2014 Good Food Awards Winners Announced

By Lee Havlicek. You may have noticed: We like the Good Food Awards around here. In fact, we think the GFA team and the gloriously inventive foods and makers that they celebrate are downright awesome....

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The Curated Object: Laura Flusche – MODA Celebrates 25 Years

By Joanne Molina. The Curated Object. Laura Flusche, image courtesy of Jerry Burns The 21st century is the age of design thinking. Design philosophers, futurists, and critics are asking how our...

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Review: Making room for craft

By Regina Connell. Architects and interior designers are huge consumers and fans of craft: their creations rely extensively on the work of local metalsmiths, woodworkers, glassmakers, resin artists,...

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The Curated Object: In The Making

By Joanne Molina. The Curated Object. Exhibit: IN THE MAKING When: January 22–May 4, 2014 Where: Design Museum (London, England) Thonet GmbH, photo Mirko Krizanovic. This exhibition, curated for the...

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Hot Press, Cool Events January 2014

By Danielle Sabalvaro. We all have the “try something new” resolution written down somewhere… Local pop-up shows and international exhibits await you, so cheers to 2014! Starting this month, we’re...

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Dwell on Design ’13 Wrap Up

By Regina Connell and Nicole Bemboom. Last weekend was the mammoth Dwell on Design show in LA. It bills itself as the country’s largest modern design event and with 30,758 design aficionados swarming...

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Noticed: 2014 Good Food Awards Finalists Announced!

By Lee Havlicek. All images courtesy of the Good Food Awards. Throughout the year, we’ve featured dozens of the remarkable winners from the 2013 Good Food Awards and their meticulously crafted and...

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Hot Press, Cool Events December 2013

By Danielle Sabalvaro Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season for cocktails and cashmere, so what better way to wrap up your year than with craft fairs and makers’ markets, East and West. Let your artisanal...

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